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Order Number
00094249
Title
Fred
and
Clara
Steeger
,
Albert
L
.
Cheney
estate
investigation
Photographer
Fowler, Perry.
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
2285
Date
1935
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;26
x
21
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger.
;
Photograph
was
edited
for
publication
purposes.
;
Photograph
also
used
in
article
dated
October
26
,
1935
.
Historical Data
Hazel
Belford
Glab's
"
new
"
wealthy
fiance´
,
Albert
Llewellyn
Cheney
,
died
mysteriously
on
March
13
,
1935
in a
Las
Vegas
hotel
on the
eve
of their
intended
marriage
. In a will
penned
in
purple
ink
on
hotel
stationary
,
Cheney
attested
all
his
property
,
personal
belongings
and
insurance
policies
,
go
to his
future
wife
.
After
Cheney's
daughter
,
Mrs
.
Catherine
Taylor
,
contested
what she
termed
her
father's
"
purported
will",
it
was
surmised
that
Mrs
.
Glab
forged
the will
over
a
genuine
signature
of
Cheney's
,
bequeathing
her his
entire
$400,000
estate
, and then
persuaded
accomplices
Fred
and
Clara
Steeger
to
sign
it
as
witnesses
.
Ultimately
,
Glab's
luck
ran
out
and she,
along
with the
Steeger's
, was
arrested
on
forgery
charges
.
During
the
trial
,
authorities
reopened
the
investigation
into the
shooting
death
of her
third
husband
,
John
I
.
Glab
, a
wealthy
retired
Chicago
Druggist
whose
mysterious
death
seven
years
earlier
had
remained
unsolved
. On
December
27
,
1935
,
Mrs
.
Glab
was
found
guilty
and was
convicted
of
forgery
and
preparing
false
evidence
; she was
sentenced
to
Tehachapi
Women's
Prison
for a
term
of
2
to
14
years
for that
crime
.
Shortly
thereafter
, in
April
1936
,
Glab
was
convicted
of
second-degree
murder
for
killing
John
Glab
, the
sentence
being
seven-years-to-life
.
Surprisingly
,
though
, she was
out
of
prison
in
1943
after
serving
only
7
years
.
Description
Photograph
article
dated
March
26
,
1935
reads
, "
Fred
Steeger
And His
Wife
,
Mrs
.
Clara
Steeger
-
Will
Witnesses
Tell
Cheney's
Fondness
for
Mrs
.
Glab.
"
Subject
Cheney, Albert L.--Estate.
Decedents' estates--Cases.
Swindlers and swindling--California--Los Angeles.
Trials (Forgery)--California--Los Angeles.
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles.
Forgery--California--Los Angeles.
Wills--California--Los Angeles.
Trials--California--Los Angeles.
Couples--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
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